id pay attention to monitoring you diet and your weight. more than likely you lost alot of water because 3 lbs in one week isnt and wont be healthy over a long period of time. you should be aiming for 1-2 lbs a week. after about 3-4 weeks if the weightloss doesnt stay constant, which it probably wont because of your bodys natural ability to adapt, you either have to cut the calls by 150-200 or up the cals 150-200. you have to rememer by eating 5 to 6 meals a day your speeding up your metabolism, after a while your body will adapt and you will need to depleat cals.

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Originally posted by Floorfiller well no none of us are pros hehehe...but we still wanna look good right? i mean...i just wanna do it the right way so i can be lean as well...

Yeah, but since you're not a pro, you don't have to eat like one.
Simply eating healthy is enough, you don't have to have a bodybuilding lifestyle.
I eat whenever I feel like, I try to consume enough proteins, carbs and fat comes by itself and that's about it.
I'm lean, my body fat is not more than 11-12%, if that even, my abs are visible and I'm doing just fine on training.
So relax, you don't have to be so strict and accurate nutrition-wise. Chill.

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Originally posted by Floorfiller you probably do them with bad form and too much weight. drop the weight and practice it with a nice controlled movement...nice squeeze at the top...and a slow negative. i'm just saying because that's been my problem in the past hehe. you probably are swinging the arm waaay too much...

Yeah I know i use bad form, I've been trying to correct it with less weight and focus more on making sure I get the movement correct. It has been working a little better. I'll try to raise my elbow up and see what happens.

have only trained twice in the last 3 weeks, not good. hitting the gym tomorrow. maybe might swim for a while too.

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Originally posted by Gauss Yeah, but since you're not a pro, you don't have to eat like one. Simply eating healthy is enough, you don't have to have a bodybuilding lifestyle. I eat whenever I feel like, I try to consume enough proteins, carbs and fat comes by itself and that's about it. I'm lean, my body fat is not more than 11-12%, if that even, my abs are visible and I'm doing just fine on training. So relax, you don't have to be so strict and accurate nutrition-wise. Chill.

well heres the deal with that..

first of all you dont have to be a pro to eat like one, and pros dont eat like that. i dont think you even want to know the stats of a real professionals diet, yet alone someone who competes naturally. some people actually like eating healthy, have you ever tried eating a diet developed for you, to meet the needs of your body, with the right amout of carbs, fats, and proteins? after a while of earting clean it almost seems like unhealthy food wont even settle in youre stomach right.

an overachievement for you might be someone elses bare minimum. i mean somebody out there might think that making two records beat at the say time is about as cool as dj sammy. some people have to go on diets like this because they dont have the best genetics, they havent got down to a low body fat to eat "healthy" (by healty i mean not strict, my diet is strict and hard as hell, physically and mentally), by you saying that its your not more than 12%, it sounds like you have been around that area for a while. i just got done with a pretty clean bulking diet, coming from 255 w/38 inch waist, cut down to 190 w/32", then a clean bulk up to 214. with this diet that im on now im aiming for 10% when im done. picture of me from sunday mornin at 1030am leaving a club in new orleans..

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which one are you?
how long did it take you to get from 190 - 214

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im on the left, the one next to me is 212 but hes 6'3 or 6'4 its cause hes leaning over that makes him look not as tall as me

prob took a a few months, it wasnt monitored, i jsut got on a monitored diet for a few days to know how much 3500cals was. if i was to do it right like i will do this winter, ill be eating atleast 4000 cals min. my to maintain my size i need roughly 3400-3600 cals a day. so if i were to go off that diet id want a 55/35/15 carbs/protein/fats ratio @ around 4600 cals a day. which is not easy and not cheap if you do it the right way and dont use gay weightgainers

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Originally posted by zack3082 well heres the deal with that.. first of all you dont have to be a pro to eat like one, and pros dont eat like that. i dont think you even want to know the stats of a real professionals diet, yet alone someone who competes naturally. some people actually like eating healthy, have you ever tried eating a diet developed for you, to meet the needs of your body, with the right amout of carbs, fats, and proteins? after a while of earting clean it almost seems like unhealthy food wont even settle in youre stomach right. an overachievement for you might be someone elses bare minimum. i mean somebody out there might think that making two records beat at the say time is about as cool as dj sammy. some people have to go on diets like this because they dont have the best genetics, they havent got down to a low body fat to eat "healthy" (by healty i mean not strict, my diet is strict and hard as hell, physically and mentally), by you saying that its your not more than 12%, it sounds like you have been around that area for a while. i just got done with a pretty clean bulking diet, coming from 255 w/38 inch waist, cut down to 190 w/32", then a clean bulk up to 214. with this diet that im on now im aiming for 10% when im done. picture of me from sunday mornin at 1030am leaving a club in new orleans..

i agree with everything you said hehehe. i mean, doing shit right is just going to make everything easier. not only that, but actually structuring a diet plan and sticking to it will only help with motivation and feelings of success. i'm not trying to tell you what to do of course. if you're happy with what you're doing...then keep on keepin' on. but i think a lot of it just has to do with a choice of lifestyle. do i wanna be a huge ass body builder? no...not anymore really hehehe. there was a time when i did, but i really don't wanna be that big anymore. but i do want to be really nice and lean and in shape...and having proper diet is just going to make the whole process easier ya know?

yeah im done with being big, after studying NASM im more into functional training. its the mackdady

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Originally posted by zack3082 picture of me from sunday mornin at 1030am leaving a club in new orleans..

I for one, am appalled that you would stay out all night at a club. I don't know of any clubs that serve nutritious meals at all hours of the night. And EVERYONE knows that you must get proper rest for your muscles to repair themselves.


















































I'm kidding of course.

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